
Category World Records
Verified world-record and elite athletic feats: strength, speed, endurance, and bodyweight records, told through what the science says about how those feats are actually possible.


715 Pounds, Not a First: Scot Mendelson’s 2005 Raw Bench Press Record

476 Pounds, One Year Apart: Fan Chun-Chia’s World Record Bench Press

Jessica Buettner’s Deadlift World Record: The Weight Class Math Behind It

1,015 Pounds Raw: Benedikt Magnusson’s Deadlift That Broke the 1,000-Pound Barrier

Temur Samkharadze’s Deadlift: How a Junior Broke the Open World Record

1,102 Pounds Off the Floor: Jamal Browner’s Pound-for-Pound Deadlift Feat

1,102 Pounds and a Blackout: Eddie Hall’s Deadlift Record That Still Stands
